I’ll put aside the sheer stupidity of the climate change legislation in Congress for a moment. The Obama administration is talking about jump-starting nuclear power in the United States. The U.S. should be leading the way when it comes to nuclear power, but thanks to unfounded paranoia (much of it on the left) it’s been nearly impossible to get a plant built.
“We also hope that Republicans and others, supporters of nuclear (power), will take note that the administration is prepared to provide leadership on issues that are important to solving our energy future and creating a different energy future,” she said.
Promoting nuclear power makes so much common sense that this issue shouldn’t be used as political leverage. However, when I read something like “the administration is prepared to provide leadership” I am not encouraged. Republicans shouldn’t sign on to the climate change bill just for a couple of nuclear power plants.
Anyway, one positive externality from the Global Warming shenanigans is the fact the alarmists are now so scared about the climate they’re prepared to accept nuclear power.
Supporters of nuclear power argue more reactors will be needed for the United States to tackle global warming effectively because nuclear is a much cleaner energy source than coal-fired power plants, which spew greenhouse gases.
Just for the record there are a lot of supporters of nuclear power who don’t care about this climate change nonsense. Hey, if a few nuclear power plants help these alarmists sleep better at night that’s fine with me. Obama could do more to help this process along, but this is at least a step in the right direction.
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